Any Atheist Republicans Here? Why?!!! - Think Atheist2018-03-20T02:28:41Zhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/any-atheist-republicans-here-why?id=1982180%3ATopic%3A1172310&feed=yes&xn_auth=no2000 déjà vu all over again -…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-29:1982180:Comment:11879222012-09-29T20:15:26.500Zarchaeopteryxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_2gskiyna07rt3
<p>2000 déjà vu all over again - if you can't win it, steal it --</p>
<blockquote><p class="first">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_4">Florida</span> county has now spread statewide, with election officials in nine counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_7">voter registration</span> forms filled out on behalf…</p>
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<p>2000 déjà vu all over again - if you can't win it, steal it --</p>
<blockquote><p class="first">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_4">Florida</span> county has now spread statewide, with election officials in nine counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_7">voter registration</span> forms filled out on behalf of <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_1">the Republican Party of Florida</span>.</p>
<p>State Republican officials already have fired the vendor it had hired to register voters, and took the additional step of filing an election fraud complaint against the company, <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_2">Strategic Allied Consulting</span>, with state officials. That complaint was handed over Friday to state law-enforcement authorities.</p>
<p>A spokesman for <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_6">Florida</span>'s GOP said the matter was being treated seriously.</p>
<p>"We are doing what we can to find out how broad the scope is," said Brian Burgess, the spokesman.</p>
<p>Florida is the battleground state where past election problems led to the chaotic recount that followed the 2000 presidential election.</p>
<p>The <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_3">Florida Democratic Party</span>called on the state to "revoke" the ability of state Republicans to continue to register voters while the investigation continues. Oct. 9 is the deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 presidential election.</p>
<p>"It is clear that the Republican Party of Florida does not have the institutional controls in place to be trusted as a third-party, voter registration organization," said Scott Arceneaux, executive director of the Florida Democratic Party.</p>
<p id="yui_3_5_1_24_1348949007377_214">The Republican Party of Florida has paid Strategic Allied Consulting more than $1.3 million, and the <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1348887255_0">Republican National Committee</span> used the group for work in Nevada, North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia.</p>
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<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/voter-registration-problems-widening-florida-154156242--election.html" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/voter-registration-problems-widening-florida-154156242--election.html</a></p> Because looking black, does n…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-29:1982180:Comment:11875882012-09-29T19:32:20.680ZJames Coxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/JamesCox
<p>Because looking black, does not make you black. I expect the liberals would suggest that he is the wolf! While conservatives would think he is trying too hard to blend in. </p>
<p>Because looking black, does not make you black. I expect the liberals would suggest that he is the wolf! While conservatives would think he is trying too hard to blend in. </p> So who was your makeup man,
A…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-29:1982180:Comment:11876682012-09-29T19:19:18.613ZJames Coxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/JamesCox
<p>So who was your makeup man,</p>
<p>A retiree of the 47%?</p>
<p>Who suggested your 'staining' job,</p>
<p>The under employed man you keep hungery as a temp?</p>
<p>Who did the market study,</p>
<p>To see if such a stain would fly,</p>
<p>A poor sick man of 65?</p>
<p>We all love the noisy minstrel show,</p>
<p>I hope it runs till NO-vember! </p>
<p>So who was your makeup man,</p>
<p>A retiree of the 47%?</p>
<p>Who suggested your 'staining' job,</p>
<p>The under employed man you keep hungery as a temp?</p>
<p>Who did the market study,</p>
<p>To see if such a stain would fly,</p>
<p>A poor sick man of 65?</p>
<p>We all love the noisy minstrel show,</p>
<p>I hope it runs till NO-vember! </p> I'm with you on that, Arcus. …tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-29:1982180:Comment:11877072012-09-29T15:38:17.462ZStregahttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/MzStrega
<p>I'm with you on that, Arcus. Why not have a formula for awards, with a cap on it, along with a cap on what lawyers can charge? If it was not possible to be awarded a few million dollars for a hot coffee spill, etc, then I am pretty sure insurance companies would be less able to charge the premiums they do.</p>
<p>I'm with you on that, Arcus. Why not have a formula for awards, with a cap on it, along with a cap on what lawyers can charge? If it was not possible to be awarded a few million dollars for a hot coffee spill, etc, then I am pretty sure insurance companies would be less able to charge the premiums they do.</p> The description isn't relly f…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-29:1982180:Comment:11875422012-09-29T14:31:57.210ZArcushttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Arcus
<p>The description isn't relly fit for insurance in general, which is basiclly a simple eqution of probability of something bad happening mulitplied with the cost of that bad happening. I.e. a house worth $300k with a probability of 0.5% - or once in 200 years - that it'll be somehow destroyed in a given year would give a homeowners insurance premium of $1500.</p>
<p>I am all for socialized medicine, don't get me wong, but I doubt the average american taxpayer is particularly interested when…</p>
<p>The description isn't relly fit for insurance in general, which is basiclly a simple eqution of probability of something bad happening mulitplied with the cost of that bad happening. I.e. a house worth $300k with a probability of 0.5% - or once in 200 years - that it'll be somehow destroyed in a given year would give a homeowners insurance premium of $1500.</p>
<p>I am all for socialized medicine, don't get me wong, but I doubt the average american taxpayer is particularly interested when they get to know the cost. Seeing as VAT of 15% would bring in something like 1.5 trillion or a $2/gallon gas tax which would bring in $200b <em>per annum</em> is political suicide, the only fighting being done is over higher taxes for the wealthy which bring in $75b - a pittance in comparison.</p>
<p>The ideal system for me is if governments just provide doctors with an average salary of something like $150k per year and just let them work. Also remove the malpractice lawsuit and have a federal fund which would pay out a reasonable amount to victims instead of idiot elected judges and dumbass jurors awarding outrageous sums based on emotions.</p> The reason why I brought in t…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-29:1982180:Comment:11874882012-09-29T10:16:39.343ZArcushttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Arcus
<p>The reason why I brought in the dilemma is that AARP or AMA are actually bigger threats than Wall Street or Big Oil to the US economy and personal economy of its citizens. The two first lobby to drive expenditures up, the two latter to decrease revenues. Whether you see the problem of the massive deficit in the US to be that expenditures are not in line with revenues, or vice versa, tends to correlate with political view. </p>
<p>Now Americans finally got a shoddy healthcare bill passed, but…</p>
<p>The reason why I brought in the dilemma is that AARP or AMA are actually bigger threats than Wall Street or Big Oil to the US economy and personal economy of its citizens. The two first lobby to drive expenditures up, the two latter to decrease revenues. Whether you see the problem of the massive deficit in the US to be that expenditures are not in line with revenues, or vice versa, tends to correlate with political view. </p>
<p>Now Americans finally got a shoddy healthcare bill passed, but with no plan on financing it. The largest source of income for civilized countries is the VAT, which neither political party in the US would ever seriously consider implementing because the average voter would go apeshit on them. This is the point, the electorate has ganged up and demanded healthcare, but don't plan on paying for it themselves - a benefit for them, paid by others. Therefore the distraction about the income tax for the wealthy, not consumption tax for all - Dahl's Democratic Dilemma indeed.</p>
<p>That's not to say the income tax code should not be simplified and deductions removed, but the major problem the US faces is the lack of that prime source of revenue that VAT is and also that it hurts exports. Another issue is that the corporate tax rate is the highest in the OECD. The insistence of the voters of not taxing their consumption is landing them out of a job as companies are moving overseas to gain the VAT advantage and escape punishing corporate tax rates.</p>
<p>To say it again: The tax on wealthy is a distraction by the left to avoid the difficult question that <em>everybody</em> needs to pay more in taxes. At least the right is honest enough to say that they want people dying in the streets.</p> And more --
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<p>And more…</p>
<p>And more --</p>
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</p> For your viewing pleasure --…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-28:1982180:Comment:11873102012-09-28T19:17:07.658Zarchaeopteryxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_2gskiyna07rt3
<p>For your viewing pleasure…</p>
<p>For your viewing pleasure --</p>
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</p> Actually, Obama considered tr…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-28:1982180:Comment:11871352012-09-28T17:24:50.498Zarchaeopteryxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_2gskiyna07rt3
<p>Actually, Obama considered trying the same tactic, but since Michael Jackson died, they stopped making PaleMale --</p>
<p>Actually, Obama considered trying the same tactic, but since Michael Jackson died, they stopped making PaleMale --</p> Well, then why didn't he appe…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2012-09-28:1982180:Comment:11870612012-09-28T17:03:02.718ZUnseenhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Unseen
<p>Well, then why didn't he appear in blackface when he addressed the NAACP? LOL</p>
<p>Well, then why didn't he appear in blackface when he addressed the NAACP? LOL</p>